You guys, it's been a year since EB came along and I became a stay-home mom. And I still don't feel like I've figured it out. I love being at home with her, but am struggling to feel as if I'm accomplishing much in the homemaker realm. To balance engaging/playing with her with cooking/cleaning/yard work/general house maintenance has been such a challenge. I feel like I'm getting a bit better at it, but it's definitely not what I thought it would be. She goes to a church preschool one morning a week. That's three hours. I try to cram as much of my to-do list into those three hours as I can. Yesterday was "school" day, but as I pulled up to the church I noticed the empty parking lot. I'd forgotten it's spring break. So, no three hours this week.
I brought her home and managed to get more done than usual as she crawled around and played on her own. I've been in a purging mode lately, and have decided to have a yard sale. I've gone through a couple of rooms in our house so far and have some good piles going on. Heads up, local friends! I'll let you know when our yard sale will be...I'm thinking May sometime.
So, if you have any tips on being a SAHM or prepping for a yard sale, do tell! I need all the help I can get. Seriously, though, how do people do it with more than one child? It's hard for me to fathom now, but I'm sure you just adapt and make it work, as Tim Gunn would say.
Perhaps I just need to take a deep breath and toss out my to-do lists. I'm reminded of this quote:
The cleaning and scrubbing will wait till tomorrow,
For children grow up, as I've learned to my sorrow.
So quiet down, cobwebs. Dust go to sleep.
I'm rocking my baby and babies don't keep.
(by Ruth Hulbert Hamilton)
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And, on a very different note, I was so excited to receive a super sweet email this weekend from one of my new favorite bloggers. Leslie from Salvaged Spaces was writing to share the Liebster Blog Award. Blogging is a funny thing...readership waxes and wanes, readers come and they go. I'm realizing what I've read from big bloggers many times...it takes lots of effort and time to build a solid reader base.
That's fine with me. I'm just sharing what I do and what I love, and appreciating you guys who come to check it out. But, I have to admit, it's nice to be recognized. And by such an adorable couple!
I mean, how cute are they!? Leslie and her husband Pete started their blog just one short month ago, but you'd never guess it when reading through their posts. They come across as seasoned pros. You must go peruse it immediately! You can start with this sweet post about Leslie's dream home.
I was given the Liebster Award once before from Veronica, so I'll share the great blogs I passed it on to then:
A Home in the Making
Pig and Paint
At Home in the Northwest
Teresa D Boyd
Sew Passionate
Thanks again, Leslie!
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